The moral context of participation in planned organizational change and learning

Planned change and learning are often presented as necessary and beneficial organizational activities, especially during rimes of environmental flux. Although change can be imposed as a diktat from above, the literature often suggests that employees and others should become involved in such change. Thus, the organization is faced with questions about obligations to involve employees, clients, customers, and citizens in such change. This study exa mines how various moral schemata treat moral claims to participation. Altho ugh there is no clear answer to the question of the moral obligations of th e organization with respect to engaging participation in planned change, th ese schemata do alert organizational leaders to the moral complexities surr ounding participation.